That explains why I haven't received the PlayBooks I bought on Black Friday for my wife and mom :/

That sucks!

I have the feeling the thieves wanted to steal the truck, not the Playbooks.

Or RIM is looking for new ways to clear their Playbook inventory.

unforunately the thief will have to write down about 1/3 of that in inventory costs so.........just kidding....

WHOA! that is insane -- this isn't pocket change either -- i'm sure RIM wont take this lightly. (hopefully)

speechless

so we're talking what.... 3000-4000 playbooks.... this is not enough to hurt RIM.... and even if the insurance gives 100%... 1.7million isn't much in light of the 1.5billion cash RIM has sitting around.

I know the stuff was insured. Inside job? What a way to flood the market using back channels!

And in two weeks, Wikileaks will publish photos of Jim and Mike handing an "envelope" to a shady, suspicious-looking character.

Insurance FTW!

/I feel legally obligated to mention that this was a joke.

He must have left the keys in the truck! sounds like the driver is the guilty party here, hope police/RIM don't take as long as the OS 2 update rollout to catch them.

This is a huge mistake. Its not like they can sell this now because Playbooks are so secure compared to iPad and such... Oh wait, root? LOL

sounds like an inside job. How else would someone know what is ina truck. These are easy to sell and expensive. I bet the driver collaborated.

RIMM will get a good payout from the insurance company, it's better than selling them dirt cheap at $199 apiece.

be sure to check your local kijiji/craigslist for a great deal on ten of thousands of discounted playbooks.

Is it seriously even possible that the serial numbers for these things were not recorded? It's impossible for someone who gets one of these to even make it work without having the number transmitted to RIM, most likely, so somehow I doubt these will get sold en masse, or without someone getting tracked down pretty quickly.

Is that 1.7 mil full retail, or 1.7 mil including the 200 dollars off each unit?

When your write your salary down to $1 a year, you find other ways to make ends meet....just saying (and kidding).

Someone stealing a rig most likely wouldn't be your run of the mill house thief. They would have a warehouse to hide the whole truck in and different buyers for whatever the contents ended up being. The buyer would be smarter then the average crook and would most likely strip down the tablets and sell off the parts.
Just saying, not that I know anything about things like this. lol

Two execs chew through restraints..... truck stolen... coincidence? :)

This really isnt the best year for RIM or any of us.

OMG The new 100 Million in Marketing is really effective! I hope they can make a movie out of this!

Disclaimer: Just kidding, but seriously I believe stolen BlackBerries have been tracked down via PIN, I can't see how anyone is going to get away with this.

Hope I can find a cheap one on Kijiji soon! Hint Hint!

I guess this story counters the 'thief returns blackberry' headline. :)

Stock prices are sure to soar on Monday due to obvious PlayBook demand!!

In the words of Master P: I NEED A HOOK UP!!!! HOLLA IF YA HEAR ME!!!! UUUHHHHHHHH!!!

As soon as any of these Playbooks go live on WiFi they will be flagged .. I believe the serial number is required for registration.

Too bad they already wrote them off. Had this happened a month ago the insurance company would have paid out two to three times as much. Hah!

Oh crap, I guess the after Christmas supply is now gonzo!

No $199 Playbooks. :-(

I want some! Mee, mee, my dad has a blackberry that could use a charhing pod, just like mine.

Thats how they could work for a 1$ salary :-)

Inside job......

Mm hmm... Stopped to get something to eat, left the keys inside, and Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta took the truck. I've seen this movie.

Wow I didn't see that coming. First they have trouble selling them, now they can't keep people from stealing them. I smell a marketing angle. Take advantage of this and let's see some comedy relief in a commercial RIM.

Boldly sent from my 9930

LoL Just look for the freaking DAmn Truck with Blackberry LOGO!
Or maybe see if yyou can fiind in your neighborhood with a truck that reads BLACKBERRY

I did it and will return the truck as soon as shopblackberry sends me my Playbook. The waiting and the promises just got to be too much and I had to take an action.

"Why not just take one off the truck" you ask? NO!!! I WANT MINE!!! THE ONE I ORDERED!!!! JUST FREAKIN SEND IT TO ME!!!

It's a inside RIM job for sure

I work in transportation. This isn't uncommon for a situation like this to happen. Good luck finding the truck. I've had truckloads of toys stolen, valued in excess of $250K but nothing in the millions, and you won't find the truck for at least a week and if you can't find it by then then the truck is probably in pieces.

I feel for RIM in this situation.

Great way to get 3,000 PlayBooks to end-users and still have an insurance claim. Clever is the word I was looking for :) I wonder if there were a few Devs smuggled in the truck too that were "stolen" and will now be making custom apps for the "thieves" :)... RIM is resorting to GhettoFabulous activities to get ahead. lol, just kidding.

It seems to be a pretty common practice for truck drivers in cold weather to lock their trucks but leave them running while at truck stops, sometimes for hours. I have seen it a lot.

I would think that you wouldn't need to be all that cleaver to break-in and drive away. It would not be pleasant if you were to get caught. I am sure the other drivers might be happy to "show you" there disapproval.

No one told RIM they were shooting the next Fast and the Furious. And people need to quit saying rim job.

The news get worst

HAHAHA.
oh man... a $1.7 million shower.

Well......there's goes my Christmas present.........have only been waiting since Nov. 28th.......

I doubt the thieves knew what was in the truck. It wouldn't have a Blackberry logo on it; it was most likely a third party carrier. The driver most likely left it running while he went to take a shower, and the thieves probably watched him. The carrier's insurance would be on the hook for this, and the increased premiums next year may even put the carrier out of business. All because the driver was too much of a wuss to let the truck cabin cool down.

i am sorry for the theft but cb needs to stop putting every little incident or occasion online for all to see.

are we going to post when jb takes a crap or ml sneezes.

enough with the nonsense already

Look for some good Playbook deals on EBAY!!

Lol, this is one way to move PlayBook inventory RIM

I hope this wont happen to the Porsche Design phones... The Arabs would really be angry!

They will be sold in a remote Russian or Asian country. Of course, now that they can be rooted, do you need to register them upon startup?

The serial numbers are on the shipping manifest. I did an advanced RMA on a defective Playbook and the RIM rep helping me knew the warehouse, the retailer, and my purchase date all from the serial number. I have a funny feeling that these Playbooks are on their way to a different continent right now. The insurance company will take a bath on this one. The driver will probably be fired. And the people who buy these probably won't be able to activate them. Lose/lose.

Sounds to me like a whole lot of people might have a nice Xmas.

It happens in the trucking world.

that is why we provide truck and trailer and cargo securement devices at the company where i work to prevent things like this.........yes, drivers do idle there trucks, but usually lock the doors (extra set of keys) but you would be surprised on how easy it is to gain access and if needed start the truck without keys......(depending on model) also our trucks have communication/tracking systems. But like stated earlier they will find the truck about a week later abandoned and missings its cargo. more then likely the trucking company will be the ones that will have to take it in the shorts.......

RIM did this to themselves for the insurance money! (think about it)
lol

More than they could ever dream to sell...RIM Job

Whole trucks being stolen isn't unheard of. Hell, the truck itself tore down into pieces is usually worth as much as the cargo it's carrying so naturally the thieves don't care.

The thing I wonder about is how often truck loads of merchandise like this get that big. Seems a lot safer to just not send that much stuff in one truck. What if something not theft related happened to it, like an accident or something? I don't know the logistics, but that much value on one semi seems like a bad idea over all.

don't worry ya'll.. These things are easy to track. as soon as someone tries to update the software, the PIN will be sent and the person will be questioned about where he/she got the device. sooner or later thief will be caught.

The good news is the PlayBook is getting on more and more hands everyday!! One way or another!!!

insurance fraud

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/mob/2755650095.html

It was this guy!!! Lol. I have no evidence to say it was him, but it seems suspicious for someone to have thousands of PlayBooks for sale around the same time that thousands were stolen....hmmmm.

This is clearly an inside job. Since when do truck drivers ever take showers or baths? That should be the detectives first clue.

I know how to get these playbooks back. Offer 1 single ipad to the crooks for the whole shipment back. No questions asked.

I have a feeling someone told the crook that the truck was full of half baked goods and he stole it because he thought it was food.

The distribution or trucking company will take the insurance hit, not RIM. I don't think anyone who buys the stolen PlayBooks will get stuck with an inoperable device, as RIM and/or the police will question the people activating the units in order to gather information to track down the thieves.

This will be to RIMs advantage in more than one way... If the playbooks do get sold on the 'black market' and RIM track and ban these pins, ur gonna have a whole host of angry consumers who probably didn't know they were buying stolen property. Might as well let them go, collect ur insurance money and let the market be flooded with PBs. Playbooks are getting more popular by the day, great PR strategy...when they aren't being sold for half their price, they are stolen by the thousands. Everyone will know about PBs now.

First drunk executives, then dismal earnings and now stolen playbooks. This company just can't get a break. Not a bad PR strategy tho. :p

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thats one way to clear stocks !!

must be an easier way tho! :)

I'm glad someone besides me wanted a PB! I just hope that OS2 wasn't on that truck ... j/k, (sent from my PB) (HA!)

Thieving mope upon opening the first stolen crate: "Playbook? Never heard of it. WTF is it?"

NOBODY wants them anyway. not even black market.

Any follow up???????

Really, really, REALLY.....that's BS from rim, let me guess playbook's stolen only had the casing no motherboard wow genius, RIM just stock making it period....they are trying to squill out on the pathetic book ( PB )... here comes the playbook' 2

I heard Jim & Mike were taking truck driving lessons in their spare time.

Now, will the insurance company pay the full retail price or the huge discounted sale price on each unit? :)

Also, I wonder what market this truck was headed to? Some poor folks may miss out on their PlayBooks for Christmas!

The PlayBook will sell well on the street. I hope RIM can track the serial numbers. Unfortunately, buyer of the tablets will be screwed, but they should be careful when they're spending money. If you're buying from someone directly, ask to see the receipt, even if you're dealing with eBay or Kijiji!

Apparently they must have mistaken the Playbook truck for the iPad truck.

These thieves were actually modern day Robin Hoods. In this case they were saving you all from the suck that is the Playbook. Either that or they were RIM employees actually found a way to get an insurance payout for these bricks. LOL

I got mine from Best Buy... i would investigate Best Buy... maybe that's why they sell it(16gb) for only $199 here in Canada?

(just kidding, please don't sue me...) LMFAO ^^